Upcoming Colloquium
Coupling Diamond Defects to High-finesse Optical Microcavities
Dr. Lilian Childress, McGill University
September 20, 2021
11:00am via Zoom
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Defect centers in diamond can offer atomic-like optical transitions and long-lived spin degrees of freedom. Integrating them into high quality optical resonators opens a route toward realizing a cavity quantum electrodynamics system combining atomic-like coherence with a robust solid-state platform. While approaches based on diamond nanophotonics have been pursued for more than a decade, Fabry-Perot microcavities present a complementary approach that has recently received significant attention. This talk will consider the potential benefits and challenges to open micro-cavities, and examine progress toward coupling them to diamond defect centers.
The Colloquium is a unique opportunity for students to learn about new developments in physics and what physicists do after they graduate. Hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at California State University Long Beach, the weekly meetings invite guests from universities, research laboratories, and industry to present and discuss current topics in physics. All students are encouraged to attend for a well-rounded experience and training in physics.
Schedule
The Fall 2021 colloquia will start on August 23.
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| September 20, 2021 | Coupling Diamond Defects to High-finesse Optical Microcavities | Dr. Lilian Childress, McGill University |
| September 27, 2021 | topic: astrodynamics | Moriba Jah, UT Austin |
| October 4, 2021 | topic: particle physics | Alejandro Garcia, University of Washington |
| October 11, 2021 | topic: exoplanets | Kaitlin Rasmussen, University of Michigan |
| October 18, 2021 | topic: astrophyics | Cole Miller, University of Maryland |
| October 25, 2021 | topic: fluid mechanics | Roberto Zenit, Brown University |
| November 1, 2021 | topic: biophyics | Saad Bhamla, Georgia Tech |
| November 8, 2021 | topic: particle physics | Juliet Gruzko, University of North Carolina |
| November 15, 2021 | topic: quantum physics | Natalie Brown, Honeywell Inc. |
| November 29, 2021 | topic: solid state physics | Elsa Prada, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid |
| December 6, 2021 | Student Research Presentations | Students, CSU Long Beach |
| December 13, 2021 | Student Research Presentations | Students, CSU Long Beach |
Previous Colloquia
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| September 13, 2021 | The Last Supernova Ever | Dr. Matt Caplan, Illinois State University |
| August 30, 2021 | Gravitational Wave Astronomy with a Precision Pulsar Timing Array Detector | Dr. Michael Lam, Rochester Institute of Technology |
| August 23, 2021 | Meet and Mix | Physics faculty and guests, CSU Long Beach |
The Colloquium Archive has the Colloquia from previous semesters.
Sponsors
We acknowledge with gratitude donations and support from the following present sponsors:
- H.E. and H.B. Miller and Family Endowment
- Benjamin Carter
- American Physical Society
- Anonymous
We also acknowledge with gratitude our past donors: The Forty-Niner Shops, Inc., The Northrop Grumman Foundation, Sandra Dana, Anonymous.
If you wish to support the Colloquium, please contact the colloquium coordinator or the department chair. Thank you!